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Prevent a Salty Situation: Which Saltwater Fish Are Compatible?

prevent a salty situation which saltwater fish are compatible? Tank mate compatibility is crucial for a healthy, happy, successful saltwater aquarium. Placing incompatible aquatic life in Aquatic life aren't always predictable the same tank can lead to: : Whether or not they are : Disease : Establishing expected to be compatible territories or incompatible with : Injury others, pay attention to : Flaring fins : Loss of fish your fish to monitor any or gills : Nipping aggressive behaviour : Flashing saltwater compatibility chart O Generally Not Caution, can sometimes coexist depending on the specific species and environment Compatible Compatible •.. Dwarf Angels •...... Large Angels Anthias Basslet/ Pseudochromis Batfish Blennies Boxfish Butterflies Cardinals ...... Chromis Clownfish Damsels Eels File Fish Foxface/ Rabbitfish Gobies Groupers Grunt/ Sweetlips Hawkfish Hogfish Jawfish Lionfish Puffers .... ... Squirrelfish Tangs/ Surgeons Triggerfish •... ..... ..•••• • Reef-Safe Wrasse Wrasse Corals and Clams Anemones Crabs, Shrimp & Snails dwarf angels large angels anthias : Mild-tempered : Some species may : Active swimmers best require a large kept in schools : Compatible with aquarium many other species : May be territorial : Add with caution to : Some species require : Provide ample hiding reef tanks as they may an established places not be compatible ecosystem to thrive with coral or other invertebrates basslet/pseudochromis batfish blennies : May be territorial : Recommended for : Somewhat territorial more advanced : Add only one species of blennies per tank : Should not house aquarists two basslets or pseudochromis in the : Slow swimmers: : Some species, like fang same tank unless best to not house with blennies, are venomous they are mated pair fast moving fish : Does best with sandy substrate : May require a specialized diet boxfish butterflies cardinals : Keep with peaceful : Some species : Great additions to a tank mates require a large tank peaceful aquarium with ample hiding : Provide plenty of : Add lots of rockwork places hiding places and and coral decorations swimming space : Some species are so they can retreat finicky eaters from other tank mates : Must be removed if stressed or passes away, may excrete toxins into the tank harming other fish chromis clownfish damsels : Some species aren't : Should be purchased : Majority are highly aggressive in small groups territorial : Do not bother corals consisting of one : May become species and and invertebrates aggressive toward introduced into the other tank mates : Best kept in schools aquarium : Some species do well in groups of the same simultaneously : Some species can have a symbiotic species relationship with anemones eels file fish foxface/rabbitfish : Some species adjust : Do well with : Have a peaceful well to life in captivity peaceful species temperament : May require a large : Best not kept with : Do not house with aquarium small inverts other rabbitfish species : Territorial, : Contain venomous defensive spines semi-aggressive : May require a special diet gobies groupers grunt/sweetlips : Aquacultured : May become : Large species may aggressive toward other tank mates species available require a large aquarium : Great addition to and themselves reef aquariums •; Live rock needed for : Keep one species of hiding grouper per tank . May be finicky eaters and require additional supplementation hawkfish hogfish jawfish : While they do well in reef aquariums, : Some species adapt : Peaceful but are very well to life in captivity aggressive with others they may eat small of the same species : May feed on small crustaceans and crustaceans : Commonly a other small aquatic social fish life : Territorial and aggressive : A deep sand bed is : Territorial and recommended : Some species require aggressive large aquariums lionfish puffers squirrelfish : Adapt well to life in : May feed on smaller : Do best when captivity fish and inverts maintained in a small group : Have venomous : Sharp beaks require spines in fins natural grinding : Introduce to the aquarium : Some species : Flesh can be simultaneously to require large tanks poisonous limit aggression : Best not kept with : Require live rock to small fish establish territory tangs/surgeons triggerfish reef-safe wrasse : Some species may : Some species may : Do not pick at or require large tanks become very consume corals or aggressive toward most invertebrates : Large species the same species and other tank mates with different : Some species are temperaments great at removing : Species may consume pests and parasites : Many are territorial. small crustaceans and best kept individually : Some species are smaller aquatic life unless there is a known jumpers. mated pair or a : Get its name from A secure cover is shoaling species the trigger-shaped recommended dorsal fin, used to : Many species display wedge itself a brilliant array of between rocks colors : Some species require a deeper sand bed wrasse corals and clams anemones Some species readily : Most important : Most are mobile and consume small crabs, contributors to the stay in one place snails and tube worms structure of a saltwater with a specialized reef aquarium foot : Temperament can vary by species : Photosynthetic species : Some species require require full spectral strong lighting, : Many species are great lighting additional feeding at pest control and specific water : Some species require : Some species require conditions additional water a deeper sand bed circulation and stable : All anemones water conditions contain stinging cells as a defense and for : Some species require collecting food additional feeding and supplementation crabs, shrimp, and snails : Temperament and care requirements vary by genus and species : Most species are beneficial and great janitors within an aquarium's environment. They help keep the aquarium clean, free of debris and algae : Some species help remove parasites from other aquatic life With so much aquatic life available to choose from it's important to consider which ones can live together in a friendly saltwater community. Use this chart to keep your aquatic life happy and safe. The illustrations in this graphic are not exact replicas of the fish. Additional sources: advancedaquarist.com/2010/12/inverts liveaquaria.com/PIC/article.cfm?aid=21 liveaquaria.com/product/aquarium-fish-supplies.cfm?c=497+499 liveaquaria.com/product/aquarium-fish-supplies.cfm?c=597 plantintervets.com/safe_tankmates_for_shrimp.html BROUGHT TO YOU BY DESIGNED BY petco GHERGICH&Co. Dwarf Angels Owarf Angels Dwarf Angels Large Angels Large Angels Anthias Large Angels Anthias Anthias Bassiet/Pseudochromis Basslet/Pseudochromis Basslet/Pseudochromi Batfish Batfish Batfish Blennies Blennies Blennies Boxfish Boxfish ysyxog Butterflies Butterflies Butterflies Cardinals araihals Cardinals Chromis SIWOJU Clownfish Chromis Clownfish Clownfish Damsels Damsels File Fish File Fish Foxface/Rabbitfish Foxface/Rabbitfish Foxtace/Rabbitfish soigo9 Gobies Groupers Groupers Grunt/Sweetlips unt/Sweetlips Grunt/Sweetlips Jawfish Jawfish lawkfish Hawkfish Hawkfish ysyboH Hogfish Lionfish Lionfish Puffers Puffers uffers Squirrelfish Squirrolfish suoobuns/sbu Reer Sare Wrasse and Clams Corals and Clams souowouy Crabs. Shrimp, and Snails souoauy Anemones s. Shrimp, and Snals souowouy Crabs. Shrimp, and Snails Crabs. Shrimp, and Snails

Prevent a Salty Situation: Which Saltwater Fish Are Compatible?

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Incompatible aquatic life can lead to disease, injury, death, nipping and more. Use this handy guide to help you choose fish that can live together safely.

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